In the reading, there are three aspects about Spartacus’ story that have made him a hero. However, in the lecture, the lecturer expresses that the stories of Spartacus are not historically accurate.
Firstly, the reading proposes that Spartacus’ original goal in his conflict against Rome is to return home. On the contrary, the lecturer refutes that returning home was not the only goal of Spartacus and his men. They cleared an escaping route by defeating the Roman army, but they didn't take that opportunity but they invaded and wanted to conquer the city of Rome, taking as many valuables from the Romans as they could. He was interested in revenge and wealth, which are less admirable.
Secondly, the reading claims that Spartacus' initial success in fighting against the powerful Roman army has earned him the admiration. Instead, the lecturer rebuts that Spartacus was not necessarily a military genius. That’s because the Romans didn't take Spartacus and his army very seriously at first, by sending only poorly trained and ill equipped army units, which Spartacus just defeated. When the Roman armies sent their best soldiers, Spartacus was quickly defeated, suggesting that Spartacus wasn't a brilliant military leader.
Finally, the reading puts forward that Spartacus sought to liberate all Roman slaves in fighting against Rome and thus commanded respect as an early human rights advocate. However, the lecturer retorts that the last story is not supported by historical evidence either. In eighteenth century in Europe, in anti slavery movement people wanted to have an inspirational hero from ancient times and they thought Spartacus could be that hero. Thus, the playwright wrote a play in which Spartacus fought to liberate all slaves. But it was just an inspirational story in a play, not the historical truth.
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
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...kly defeated, suggesting that Spartacus wasnt a brilliant military leader. Finall...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, however, second, secondly, so, thus, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1548.0 1373.03311258 113% => OK
No of words: 293.0 270.72406181 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.28327645051 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13729897018 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61773631584 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 145.348785872 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.559726962457 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 476.1 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.7747398423 49.2860985944 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.2 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.5333333333 21.698381199 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.46666666667 7.06452816374 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.578681905335 0.272083759551 213% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.191090228635 0.0996497079465 192% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.108140380331 0.0662205650399 163% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.337478195214 0.162205337803 208% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0916874781481 0.0443174109184 207% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.34 12.2367328918 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 63.6247240618 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 284, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...e by defeating the Roman army, but they didnt take that opportunity but they invaded ...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 245, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...itary genius. That’s because the Romans didnt take Spartacus and his army very seriou...
^^^^^
Line 5, column 501, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wasn't
...kly defeated, suggesting that Spartacus wasnt a brilliant military leader. Finall...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, however, second, secondly, so, thus, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1548.0 1373.03311258 113% => OK
No of words: 293.0 270.72406181 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.28327645051 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13729897018 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61773631584 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 145.348785872 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.559726962457 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 476.1 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.7747398423 49.2860985944 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.2 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.5333333333 21.698381199 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.46666666667 7.06452816374 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.578681905335 0.272083759551 213% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.191090228635 0.0996497079465 192% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.108140380331 0.0662205650399 163% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.337478195214 0.162205337803 208% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0916874781481 0.0443174109184 207% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.34 12.2367328918 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 63.6247240618 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.